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torsdag 9 januari 2014

Bat fit post: About Deep breathing

What many
doesn’t know is that lots of us walk around with high shoulders and narrow
breathing. This is caused by inner stress.

You can be
stressed even if you move slowly and are resting, why? It’s all about what
happens in your mind. Even if you look like a lazy log, your mind is busy with
sorting tasks, thoughts that comes and goes, annoying people, a work you’re not
satisfied with etc. All those tasks, sorting and negative loops, causing a
stress symptom with higher levels of stress hormones in your body and you are
ready to flee even if you won’t.

This is an
automatic unconscious reflex that your body does, and is crucial when you actually
need it.

But you don’t need to flee, there is no were to flee and you are
captured in your own mind. And when you’re not running, you don’t use your
adrenaline for what it should be used for. This can cause symptoms as migraine,
pain in the neck, lack of oxygen in your blood and in the long run; heart
diseases, depression etc.

Good for: By deep breathing you will lower
your levels stress hormones like cortisol, adrenaline and noradrenalin. You
will increase your metabolism and if you exercise, receive better results.

By
breathing in an optimal way you’ll get more oxygen in your muscles and cells, your
immune system will be stronger, your blood circulation will be faster. You will
also give your inner organs a good massage and release blocked emotions. While
exhaling you will empty your alveolus of toxins and excess carbon dioxide.

This is
practiced by some philosophical and religious movements, like meditation, yoga,
mindfulness. By being aware of how you breathe, you will also be conscious
about your emotions.

How to: Always breathe through your nose.
The mucous in your nose will filter and warm up the air and you will be more
resistant to diseases.

Lie down or
sit comfortly. Try to relax for a moment. Then during one minute, count the
breaths you take. How many were they? You should breathe 10-15 times during one
minute while completely relaxed. If you did, excellent. If you didn’t, follow
these instructions:

Close your mouth and put the tip of your tongue in your
upper gum behind your front teeth. Inhale through your nose. While inhaling
(with your mouth closed) try to make the sound o (without actually making it)
it gives a calm hissing sound, by that, you’ll press the air up to the sinuses,
you can feel that the air is cold. Put your hand on your belly, it should lower
while exhaling and rise while inhaling. Put the other hand on the chest, the
chest should rise after the belly, otherwise, your breathing isn’t deep enough.
Try to hold your breath a little moment before exhaling. While exhaling try to
make the sound m, this relaxes your chest, try to empty your lungs as much as
possible by press lightly with your diaphragm.

This method (with the hissing
sound) is called Ujjayi-breathing and is practiced in yoga. Of course you don’t
have to make those sounds with people around unless you will be viewed as weird.
Repeat 4 times.

3 kommentarer:

Awesome post! Yes, I agree -- deep breathing is necessary for a healthy life. I've noticed that I tend to not breath fully when I get stressed, which tends to make matters worse. Thanks for the reminder, dear friend.